Wearing a No. 50 jersey with his last name on the back (his real name is Curtis Jackson III) the southpaw airmailed an offering 10 feet up the first-base line. Mets pitcher Jon Niese stood behind Jackson, clearly amused by his lack of accuracy.

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Twitter was also amused by the errant pitch.

50 Cent threw out the first pitch at Citi Field tonight. It was juuuuuuuuust a bit outside. http://t.co/N3EkHoN2N3

For his part, 50 Cent seemed to take his poor showing in stride, tweeting "I'm a hustler not a ... ball player," and, "The (pitch) almost hit the camera man ... if you look close you can see them moving the plate."